... for some time it looked to me that 500px is the best, but, save the fact that I'm not receiving the attention I would like (who does), what I'm really frustrated with is the overview of the most popular photos. If we disregard naked women, popular photos there are imho really, truly oversaturated. Sometimes I need to browse through dozens of photos to find a single one acceptable for liking, and generally, everything looks much more saturated than Instagram itself. The more and more I think this is not a place for me.
Flickr has so many variations in quality, but overally, many interesting things can be found there. However, I feel mostly ignored there. Not to mention that photo that has over 100 views did not earn one single like. Either my photo is total crap that deserves to be despised or something is wrong with communication there. On the other hand, I see hundreds of likes for photos that are, mildly said, worthless. Is Flickr actually focused on family-based communities?1
Currently I'm trying with YouPic, but many photos there are out of focus or truly wrongly exposed, yet receiving so much appreciation.
Let me be clear, I'm not really like-hungry, if I am, I'd aim for focusing on what brings the most attention. What I need is a healthy feedback, and I won't find it if I'm completely ignored, or if the most popular photos are clearly away from my own idea of values.
Thoughts?
-- "or if the most popular photos are clearly away from my own idea of values."
I believe it's that.
If you want feedback, post asking for feedback. Sometimes, you'll get a helpful feedback, a patronizing feedback, a reality-check feedback, a totally useless feedback such as "tourist shot" or "try again", or no feedback.
Also, have you tried Facebook groups?
Yes, direct feedback has its strong value, but over that, I feel that we all need occasional feedback that come from just few words, likes etc. It's not only about feedback itself, but about love and lasting interaction.